Author: Charlotte

One question, no simple answerIn every oil crisis, one question comes back again and again: what is the real price of oil right now?It sounds like it should have a neat answer: one barrel, one price, one number. But that is not how the oil market works, especially not in a crisis. The correct answer depends on what crude is being sold, where it is being sold, when it is being delivered, and whether the buyer is purchasing a real barrel for immediate refining or a financial contract for future delivery.That is why, in the current market, one barrel can…

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45 Yanko Ave, Bronte is set for auction on May 23. After more than 50 years in the same family hands, a classic 1970s Bronte home has hit the market with $10.5m price expectations. In the tightly held pocket of Yanko Ave, the six-bedroom residence will finally go under the hammer on May 23, half a century after the Gargaro family built their two-storey home. Michael and Josephine emigrated from Italy to Australia in 1956. They first set their sights on Paddington, but quickly set down roots in Bronte, buying in Violet St, then Evans St and finally purchasing 45…

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2026-04-19T14:01:11+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad/ ErbilThe US dollar closed Sunday’s trading lower in Iraq at around 153,000 dinars per 100 dollars.According to a Shafaq News market survey, the dollar traded in Baghdad’s Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya exchanges at 153,000 dinars per 100 dollars, up from the morning session’s 153,200 dinars.In the Iraqi capital, exchange shops sold the dollar at 153,500 dinars and bought it at 152,500 dinars, while in Erbil, selling prices stood at 153,000 dinars and buying prices at 152,850 dinars. Source link

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When a private equity firm acquires a founder-led business, the financial model is usually the easy part. The hard part, and the part most likely to determine whether the deal creates or destroys value, is understanding what made that business work in the first place and whether it will survive the transition intact. The scale of what’s coming makes that part urgent. More than half of U.S. business owners are aged 55 and older. As this generation approaches retirement, acquisition markets are shifting from occasional strategic opportunities to a structural pipeline of ownership transitions. Yet many owners are underprepared: Only…

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF attracted $906 million in inflows last week, while the Polymarket contract for Bitcoin reaching $80,000 in April sits at 36.5% YES. The $80,000 price target dropped from 64% to 41.5% over the last 24 hours, likely a reaction to the latest ETF news. That’s a counterintuitive move: large inflows typically read as bullish, but traders may be interpreting ETF flows as a more reliable signal than geopolitical safe-haven behavior during the U.S.-Iran conflict, repricing shorter-term targets downward even as longer-term conviction holds. Bitcoin is trading near $70,000-$75,000. The $150,000 target sits at 0% YES, with the market…

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MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) – The Russian property agency said on Monday it had valued a 67.2% stake in gold producer UGC at 140.4 billion roubles ($1.85 billion) ahead of an auction to sell the stake, which will be held at the start of May.   In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake previously owned by businessman Konstantin Strukov should be transferred to the state. The move was part of a wider pattern of nationalisations of assets of Russian companies and of Western firms exiting Russia. Last year, Moscow law firm NSP estimated that authorities had confiscated…

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Geopolitical Jitters Fuel HedgingThe rise in index options turnover is more than just a number; it signals deep investor worry over escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia. This increased hedging means market participants are shifting focus to managing risk rather than seeking speculative profits, creating a more cautious trading environment.Market Trends Show Hedging SurgeIndex Options Turnover Reaches New HighsIndex options premium turnover on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has jumped to 35% of total derivatives turnover in April, up from 25% before the West Asia conflict escalated in late February. This demand peaked on a recent Monday, when index options…

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RWE: Dynamic Growth into a Green Energy Giant In recent years, RWE has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from a traditional utility with a large share of coal-fired power to one of the world’s leading players in renewable energy. Today, the company operates like a technology conglomerate and is in a scaling phase. In the past fiscal year, adjusted EBITDA reached EUR 5.1 billion, while total installed capacity rose to 46.8 GW. By 2031, management plans to make net investments of EUR 35 billion to expand the portfolio to 65 GW. A key pillar is expansion into the US, where…

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